AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SARANGANI STATE COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALABEL, PROVINCE OF SARANGANI, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT MODERNIZING THE CHARTER OF THE MARIANO MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY AND RENAMING THE SAME AS THE FERDINAND E. MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1279, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR FULL TUITION SUBSIDY TO MEDICAL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (SUCS) AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10931, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO QUALITY TERTIARY EDUCATION ACT', AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT REQUIRING THE COMPLETION OF AN ECONOMICS AND PERSONAL FINANCE ('EPF') LITERACY COURSE AS AN ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY, AND TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL GRADUATION REQUIREMENT IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, STATE AND PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AND CENTERS, MANDATING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EPF TEACHERS, TEACHING FINANCIAL LITERACY TO EPF PARTNERS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIP AND RETURN SERVICE PROGRAM FOR DESERVING STUDENTS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CONVERTING THE BICOL STATE COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY (BISCAST), IN THE CITY OF NAGA, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT CONVERTING THE BICOL STATE COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HOSPITAL IN STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OFFERING MEDICAL DEGREES NATIONWIDE, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHERN LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY (SLSU) MAIN CAMPUS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LUCBAN, PROVINCE OF QUEZON TO BE KNOWN AS THE SOUTHERN LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED REMOVAL OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, RESEARCH WORK OR ANY READING MATERIAL CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS ‘SUBVERSIVE’ FROM THE LIBRARIES OF STATE UNIVERSITIES THEREBY PREVENTING THE FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND CURTAILING OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING

AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND UPHOLD THE FREEDOM OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO TEACH, STUDY, AND PURSUE KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH WITHOUT UNREASONABLE INTERFERENCE OR RESTRICTION, IN ALL STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON DIRECTIVES OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION ORDERING THE CLOSURE OF SEVERAL EXTERNAL STUDY CENTERS OF THE BUKIDNON STATE UNIVERSITY IN NORTHERN MINDANAO, DAVAO, AND CARAGA REGIONS AND THE POSSIBLE DISPLACEMENT OF THOUSANDS OF MARGINALIZED STUDENTS BROUGHT FORTH BY SAID DIRECTIVE

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALIAGA, PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA TO BE KNOWN AS THE ALIAGA POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION TO ALLOCATE AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND TO APPROPRIATE THESE FUNDS TO STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, CLASSROOMS, COMPUTERS, TEACHER TRAINING, AND OTHER ACITIVITIES, TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION

AN ACT IMPOSING A THREE-YEAR MORATORIUM ON THE CREATION OF NEW STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND CONVERSION OR UPGRADING OF EXISTING STATE COLLEGES INTO STATE UNIVERSITIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED LOWER RANKINGS OF PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITIES IN THE 2013 QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS (QS) WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

AN ACT CONVERTING THE QUIRINO STATE COLLEGE (QSU) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DIFFUN, PROVINCE OF QUIRINO INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE QUIRINO STATE UNIVERSITY (QSU), INTEGRATING THEREWITH THE QUIRINO POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE (QPC) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CABARROQUIS AND MADDELA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MADDELA, BOTH MUNICIPALITIES LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF QUIRINO AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NON-RELEASE OF FUNDS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SEVERELY DAMAGED BY TYPHOON YOLANDA AND EARLIER CALAMITIES

AN ACT CONVERTING THE CONCEPCION VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CONCEPCION, PROVINCE OF TARLAC, INTO A POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE TO BE KNOWN AS THE CONCEPCION POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT COA AUDIT REPORT THAT THE ACCOUNTING OFFICE OF STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES SHOULD EXERCISE DILIGENCE IN RECONCILING RECORDS TO ADDRESS POSSIBLE ERRORS AND SHOULD EXERT MORE EFFORT IN LOCATING THE SOURCE OF NOTED DISCREPANCIES IN THEIR RECORDS TO AVOID UNLIQUIDATED ACCOUNTS AMOUNTING TO MILLIONS OF PESOS AS WELL AS OTHER PROBLEMS ARISING FROM ACCOUNTING LAPSES

AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTION TWELVE (12) OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 1869 AS AMENDED AND ALLOCATING A PORTION OF THE FUNDS GENERATED BY THE PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENTS AND GAMING CORPORATION TO STATE RUN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AS FINANCIAL SUPPORT

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEED TO PROVIDE PROPER GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF LIQUIDATION REPORTS BY STATE-OWNED UNIVERSITIES AND TO IMPOSE PENAL SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE SAME

AN ACT GRANTING FREE POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND PUBLIC TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE 2014 COMMISSION ON AUDIT (COA) ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT THAT THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DELAY IN THE KALINGA-APAYAO STATE COLLEGE'S SUBMISSION OF FINANCIAL REPORTS AMOUNTING TO P88.650 MILLION

AN ACT CONVERTING THE NEGROS STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (NSCA) IN THE CITY OF KABANKALAN, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINE STATE UNIVERSITY (CPSU) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT COMMISSION ON AUDIT REPORT THAT THE PHYSICAL ASSETS OF COTABATO CITY STATE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE WERE NOT INSURED AS OF 2014

AN ACT CONVERTING THE CATANDUANES STATE COLLEGES IN THE PROVINCE OF CATANDUANES INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CATANDUANES STATE UNIVERSITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT COMMISSION ON AUDIT REPORT THAT PROPERTIES OF THE SULTAN KUDARAT STATE UNIVERSITY WERE NOT INSURED WITH THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM AS OF MARCH 2014

AN ACT CONVERTING THE NEGROS STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (NSCA) IN THE CITY OF KABANKALAN, PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINES STATE UNIVERSITY (CPSU) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED NEED TO INCREASE SECURITY MEASURES IN STATE UNIVERSITIES

AN ACT CONVERTING THE PAMPANGA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAGALANG, PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL AGRICULTURE AND SCIENCE STATE UNIVERSITY (DMASSU) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF COMPOSTELA, COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE COMPOSTELA VALLEY STATE COLLEGE INTEGRATING THEREWITH AS REGULAR BRANCHES THE BUKIDNON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTERNAL STUDIES CENTERS IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MONKAYO, MARAGUSAN, MONTEVISTA AND NEW BATAAN, ALL MUNICIPALITIES LOCATED IN COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT CONVERTING THE WESTERN VISAYAS COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (WVCST) IN THE CITY OF ILOILO INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE ILOILO STATE UNIVERSITY, WITH CAMPUSES IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BAROTAC NUEVO, DUMANGAS, LEON AND MIAG-AO, ALL LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR